Faraday Future Gets First U.S. Patent
Subsequent to our feature on electric newcomer Faraday Future and its ‘car of concepts’, the FFZERO1, the company has announced that it has gained its first U.S. Patent (#9,241,428 B1) for a cutting-edge power inverter.
Called ‘FF Echelon Inverter’, the power inverter was designed from scratch by a team of engineers led by Silva Hiti, Senior Director of Electric Drive at FF and is an original inverter architecture. “Condensing the number of transistors and other complex components enhances the inverter’s overall stability and dependability, allowing us to accomplish far more, with fewer materials,” said Hiti.
It may be a small component but nevertheless an important one in electric vehicles. With power inverters, should there be an asymmetrical sharing of current across parallel components, it will cause certain parts to experience unforeseen stress. Eventually, this stress could lead the inverter to shut down – possibly causing your car to suddenly stop moving altogether. The FF Echelon Inverter’s design is said to provide better performance with more reliability and efficiency. When driving the electric motor, the FF Echelon Inverter achieves 20-30% greater power density than a rival application thus transforming more watts relative to its weight. The FF Echelon Inverter was also conscientiously engineered to manage power levels well beyond the known limits of electric vehicles today, ensuring that it is future-proof.
Over the past year, Faraday Future has submitted over 100 new patents to the U.S. patent office.
